RU2664395C2 - Panoptic visualisation document printing - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: computing; counting.SUBSTANCE: invention relates to panoptic visualisation document support means. Requesting interface is configured to receive a request for providing printout(s) of the component(s) of the document selected from the layout of the document components included in the collection of panoptic visualizable documents. Collection has a plurality of document components each of which includes respective media content and has associated metadata providing information about the respective document component. Layout includes the panoptic ordering of the images of the components of the layout document in accordance with the associated metadata of the relevant components of the document. Support engine is configured to extract and prepare the selected component(s) of the document for printing in accordance with at least selected type of layout printing. Preparation of the selected document component(s) includes generation of one or more printable document components for respective ones of the printout(s). In addition, the support engine is designed to transmit a printable component(s) of the document.EFFECT: technical result is shorter time for printing documents.15 cl, 28 dwg

Description

Application area

The present invention relates generally to panoptic visualization of documents, and in particular to panoptical visualization of documents or their components in a manner that reflects the logical relationships between documents / components according to their structure.

State of the art

The printed information on a topic is often printed on several pages because it does not fit on one page and / or is more efficiently presented through several pages. These multiple pages may belong to the same source or to multiple sources. For example, aircraft technical drawings can be printed so that different parts of the same circuit can be located on different pages. Drawings of one assembly of an aircraft may be in one library or source, while drawings of another assembly may be in a second library or source.

The printed information can also be printed so that one document contains one level of detail of the object, while another document contains a different level of detail of the same object. For example, an aircraft outline may be printed so that the glider of that aircraft is visible in the drawing. Another diagram of the same aircraft can be printed so that the airframe is hidden and the interior of the aircraft is presented. Thus, a specialist can use various schemes to study different information about the same object.

Another example is the wiring diagrams, which are often printed on many pages, because the graphic and textual information presented on the wiring diagram is too large to fit on one page. Thus, a specialist can repeatedly change documents in order to fully study the information about the wiring system.

Documents such as flow charts, technical drawings, wiring diagrams, and other suitable types of documents can be used in aircraft maintenance. Documents are created for viewing in printed form. However, such documents are usually stored electronically and viewed on the display of the data processing system. As a result, a specialist views various documents that may be on various types of media. This type of scan may be longer than required to obtain aircraft information.

Documents relating to complex systems, such as an aircraft, can therefore contain a large amount of information regarding a complex system and their components, subsystems and parts, relationships and relationships between the corresponding elements of a complex system. The complexity of the system and the large amount of information often necessary to describe the system can lead to an increase not only in the time required to study the documents, but also to an increase in difficulty in understanding a complex system and their elements. The user may need time not only to review documents containing a large amount of information, but it may also take time to overcome the difficulty in studying information in order to understand in what way a complex system and its elements relate to each other.

In modern printing systems, the printer controller manages complex data and presentation objects before printing a document. Similarly, there are situations when complex data and presentation objects require significant computational cycles of searching, accessing, creating and / or caching / saving resources. What is needed is a printer controller that communicates with other components, such as a document analyzer and a tyler, to carry out any preparation for printing functions.

There is also a need for the selected type of print layout to maintain the relationship between complex data. This includes the conclusion on the screen or printing device of one or more selected components of the document separately or together, and each of them in whole or in part, in which they are visible in the visible segment of the layout that supports the relationship between the components.

There are also situations when complex document systems are used, when the basic information of the resource may be lost or the relation with the basic information is lost. Moving or re-generating missed resources is computationally expensive and potentially occurs in the printer controller during page processing, when the run time is the most critical. Thus, what is needed is a tool for creating instructions for storing and accessing complex information about a resource and relationships in preparation for printing.

Thus, a method and apparatus can be claimed that take into account at least some of the problems described above, and possibly other problems.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Illustrative embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a support system for panoptically visualized documents and a corresponding method and computer-readable storage medium. In illustrative embodiments, the media content of the document collection may be panoptically ordered in a manner that reflects the logical relationship between the content, which may, in turn, reflect the relationship between the subjects or their objects depicted through this content. A document support system can be generally configured to prepare a selected document from this ordered media content for printing, and can do so in a way that provides the ability to decompose a section / segment of a larger collection onto a virtual desktop to be printed.

Streamlining can provide the user with the ability to see content in isolation and layout, which helps to better understand the relationship between content and its subjects or objects, which can be difficult to understand otherwise. For a complex system, such as an aircraft, including a number of components, subsystems and parts, streamlining can not only reduce the time required to review documents containing a large amount of information, but can also reduce the time needed and facilitate the study of information to understand the diagrams, by which a complex system and its elements are related to each other. Many relationship patterns can be selected by the user when, when reflected in a panoptic layout, they can further enhance the understanding of many users. Illustrative embodiments can therefore reduce the problem and reduce the time required to search even in the largest array of information contained in some collections of documents.

One aspect of illustrative embodiments is a system comprising a requesting interface configured to accept a request for one or more printouts of one or more selected document layout components for document components from a collection of panoptically visualized documents. The collection has many document components, each of which includes the corresponding media content and has associated metadata providing information about the corresponding component of the document. The layout includes the panoptic ordering of the visual representations of the document layout components in accordance with the associated metadata of the corresponding document components.

The system of this aspect also includes a support mechanism connected to the requesting interface, and is configured to retrieve and prepare the selected document component (s) for printing in accordance with at least the selected type of print layout. In this sense, the preparation of the selected document component (s) includes the issuance of one or more document components prepared for printing for appropriate printing. The support mechanism, therefore, may be configured to provide communications suitable for printing page (s).

In various examples, the selected type of print layout may include printing the selected component (s) of the document separately or together, and in whole or in part, in which they are visible in the visible segment of the layout.

Additionally or alternatively, for example, the support mechanism may be arranged to prepare the selected component (s) of the document for printing also in accordance with one or more global print parameters, including inserting metadata or other text information into at least one suitable for print pages.

In one example, the selected type of print layout may include printing the selected component (s) of the document separately and in full. In this example, the support mechanism may be configured to issue a printable component of the document (s) for the corresponding one of the selected components of the document. In yet another example, a support mechanism that is configured to prepare for printing the selected component (s) of a document may be configured to insert metadata or other textual information in at least one of the printable pages. In this example, the document component (s) prepared for printing can be obtained as a marked-up document in which metadata or other textual information is marked in its source.

In other examples, the selected component (s) of the document is in a layout with a size smaller than its natural size. In at least some of these examples, a support mechanism that is configured to retrieve the selected component (s) of a document may be configured to retrieve the corresponding selected component of the document in full size.

Other aspects of illustrative embodiments are a method and a computer-readable storage medium proposed for printing documents arranged for a panoptic visualization.

A certain advantage is provided by the fact that a computer-readable storage medium drives a device for issuing one or more prepared for printing components of the document from one or more selected components of the document. An additional advantage is provided by the fact that a computer-readable storage medium drives a device for inserting metadata or other textual information into at least one of one or more pages prepared for printing, wherein one or more components of a document prepared for printing are created, each of which is created as marked-up document, where metadata or other textual information is marked in its source. A certain advantage is provided in that a computer-readable storage medium can cause a selected component of a document from one or more selected components of a document in an arrangement with a size smaller than its natural size, and wherein the device powered to retrieve one or more selected components of the document includes calling the procedure for extracting the corresponding selected component of the document in kind.

The features, functions and advantages described herein may be achieved independently in various illustrative implementations, or may be combined in other illustrative implementations, the details of which can be found in the following description and drawings.

Brief Description of the Drawings

Further, by means of the described illustrative embodiments of the invention, drawings are generally considered in the accompanying drawings, which are not necessarily drawn to scale and among which:

FIG. 1 is an illustration of a panoptic imaging system in accordance with an illustrative embodiment;

FIG. 2 is an illustration of a collection system of panoptically visualized documents in accordance with one illustrative embodiment;

FIG. 3 is an illustration of a layout system of a panoptically visualized document in accordance with one illustrative embodiment;

FIG. 4 is an illustration of a navigation system of a panoptically rendered document in accordance with one illustrative embodiment;

FIG. 5 is an illustration of a support system for a panoptically rendered document in accordance with one illustrative embodiment;

in FIG. 6-17, examples of suitable layout schemes in accordance with implementation examples are shown in simplified form;

FIG. 18-24 are images of illustrative page layouts that can be displayed on a GUI having a predetermined visible area and that are navigated by a user in accordance with illustrative embodiments of the present invention; and

in FIG. 23-28 illustrate examples of page layouts in which one or more pages can be selected and prepared for printing in accordance with illustrative embodiments of the present invention.

Detailed description

Some embodiments of the present invention will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which not all are shown, but only some embodiments of the invention. Of course, various embodiments of the invention can be implemented in various forms and are not restrictive for the embodiments set forth herein; more specifically, these exemplary embodiments have been presented so that the invention is complete and comprehensive and that these options fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. For example, unless otherwise indicated, the designation of something like the first, second, etc., should not be construed as a specific order. Also, something described as being higher up in the text of something else (unless otherwise indicated) may instead be lower in the text, and vice versa; and likewise, something described as being to the left of the text from something else may instead be to the right of the text, and vice versa. The same reference numbers correspond to the same elements throughout the text.

Illustrative embodiments of the present invention relate generally to panoptic visualization of documents, and in particular to panoptic visualization of documents or document components in a manner that reflects the logical relationships between documents / components. The exemplary embodiments are mainly described with reference to the aerospace field of application. However, it should be understood that the embodiments provided by way of example can be used in a number of other fields of application both in the aerospace industry and outside it.

In FIG. 1, a panoptic imaging system 100 is shown according to exemplary embodiments of the present invention. The system may include any number of different subsystems (each subsystem is a separate system) for the implementation of one or more functions or operations in accordance with one or more electronic documents. As shown, for example, the system may include a document collection system 102, a document composition system 104, a document navigation system 106 and / or a document support system 108. Although these systems are shown as part of a panoptic visualization system, one or more of the document collection, layout, navigation and / or document support systems may instead be separate, but associated with the panoptic visualization system. It should also be understood that one or more subsystems can function or operate as a separate system independently of other subsystems. And yet, it should be understood that the panoptic imaging system may include one or more additional or alternative subsystems from those shown in FIG. one.

As described herein, an electronic document (or simply a document) can be any electronic media content capable of being visualized in electronic and / or printed form. The media content of a document may include one or more of text, graphic, or other visual content, such as photo images, video images, or the like. A document can consist of a number of different types of documents in which the type of document can be specified by one or more characteristics of the document, such as its format, media content or similar characteristics. Examples of suitable document types include auto-generated documents (e.g. CAD, CATDrawing, CATPart, CATProduct, CATProcess, cgr, DWG, DXF, DWF, etc.), text documents (e.g. ANS, ASC, DOC, DOCX, HTML, PDF, RTF, TXT, WPD, etc.), presentation documents (e.g. PDP, PPT, etc.), graphic documents (e.g. BMP, GIF, JPEG, JP2, PNG, PSD, PSP, RAW, TIFF, etc.), video documents (e.g., AVI, MPEG, QuickTime, WMV, etc.) or similar. Other examples of suitable types of documents include individual regulatory documents (e.g. court decisions, case notes, patents, etc.) or collections thereof, books, articles, web pages, screenshots, maintenance bulletins, technological diagrams, warranties, technical drawings, wiring diagrams or the like. Still examples of suitable types of documents include data files, such as technical design data, wiring data, diagnostic data, business data, or the like.

A document may be composed of one or more constituent components of a document, which may be the layout of their media content, for example, between the main break points. The components of a document may depend on the type of document and may include, for example, electronic pages, slides, diagrams, drawings, photo images, video images, or the like. A component of a document is usually called a "page", although it does not have to be an electronic page because it may include other types of components. In cases where the document includes only one component, the document and its component may be the same.

As described herein, reference may be made to a document formed from constituent pages. However, it should be understood that illustrative embodiments can be equally applied to a group (collection) of documents formed from constituent documents, which may or may not also be formed from constituent pages. Thus, functions performed in relation to a document can be equally implemented in relation to a group of documents, and functions performed in relation to a page can be equally implemented in relation to a constituent document.

Each page can be formed in the form of data from which its visual representation (or rather its media content) can be obtained in electronic and / or printed (or printed) form. The visual presentation of the page is usually referred to simply as the page or “image”, although the page does not have to include a photo image, since it may contain other types of media content.

The page may include media content that contains one or more entities and includes one or more entities that reflect or otherwise form the entity (s). Therefore, it can sometimes be said that the page depicts its subject (s) and / or the object (s) of its subject (s). For example, a page may contain an aircraft as its subject and include an image of a glider or interior or parts of an image of a glider or interior of an aircraft as an object (s), or a page may contain an image of a glider or interior as its subject and include self image parts of a glider or interior as objects. As another example, a page may include an aircraft dashboard as its subject and include dashboard devices as objects.

Typically, documents and / or pages thereof, according to exemplary embodiments, may have one or more logical relationships with each other. According to the following more detailed description, the document collection system 102 of the panoptic visualization system 100 can generally be configured to receive documents and assemble pages according to these logical relationships, the pages being assembled as a document collection for panoptic visualization (collections of panoptically visualized documents). The document composition system 104 may be generally configured to obtain layouts of panoptically ordered, logically related pages of collections of panoptically visualized documents, such as a collection obtained by a document collection system. The document navigation system 106 may be generally configured to select and provide a navigation option (s) for navigating a visual representation of the layout of the panoptically ordered, logically related pages of a collection of panoptically visualized documents, such as a layout created by the document layout system. The document support system 108 may provide one or more support functions for a panoptic visualization system. For example, a document support system can generally be configured to accept a print selection and prepare one or more pages for it from a layout of panoptically ordered, logically related pages from a collection of panoptically visualized documents, such as a layout created by a document layout system. The visual representation of a layout is generally referred to as simply layout.

Illustrative embodiments of the present invention can therefore assemble the pages of the document (s) in accordance with the logical relationships between the pages, which in one example with respect to a complex system, such as an aircraft, may reflect structural relationships between their elements. Pages can be panoptically ordered in a way that reflects logical relationships and, in various examples, structural relationships. Streamlining can provide the user with the opportunity to see the pages individually and in a way that promotes a better understanding of relationships that might otherwise be difficult to understand. In the case of a complex system, by way of example, ordering can not only shorten the time required to browse documents containing a large amount of information, but can also shorten the time required and facilitate the study of information to understand how the complex system and its elements are related to each other.

Next, FIG. 2, 3, 4, and 5, which illustrate more specific examples of a suitable document collection system, a document composition system, a document navigation system, and a document support system, respectively, in accordance with illustrative embodiments of the present invention.

In FIG. 2 shows a document collection system 200 according to one exemplary embodiment. As shown, the document collection system may include a document analyzer 202 configured to receive one or more electronic documents and break them down into a plurality of component pages (document components), each of which includes corresponding media content. Documents can be taken from any number of different sources. For example, documents may be received from a data warehouse, such as a file storage, database storage, cloud storage, or the like.

The document analyzer 202 may be configured to disassemble the documents in any way. In one example, a document analyzer can be configured to disassemble documents according to the type of documents (for example, automatically designed documents, presentation documents, graphic documents, video documents, regulatory documents, books, articles, web pages, technological schemes, technical drawings, wiring diagrams, etc.). Therefore, the document analyzer can also be configured to determine the type of documents, for example, based on a document format, business rules, or through user data.

The document collection system 200 may also include a colligator 204 connected to a document analyzer 202 and configured to link pages. In this sense, page linking may include (for each of one or more pages of a plurality) a collator configured to identify one or more links between a page and one or more different pages of a plurality. The link (s) in one example can be identified in accordance with the documents, the type of documents and / or media content of the page and the other page (s). In yet another example, the relationship (s) can be defined in accordance with one or more business rules, logic, or the like. This link (s) can establish one or more logical relationships between the page and the other page (s).

In one example, a link can be identified between pages within a common document (components of the same document). In one example, a link can be identified between pages adjacent to each other in a predetermined sequence, such as a time sequence, a spatial sequence, or an ordinal sequence in a general document or collection of documents. In some cases, the link can be identified in accordance with the subject (s) or object (s) of the pages. For example, a link may be identified between pages having a common subject or common object. In one example, a link can be identified between pages, among which the object of one (page) is the subject of another (object-subject link) or among which the subject of one (page) is the object of another (subject-object link).

In one example, a link may be identified between pages linked through a parent-child relationship. In one example, a link can be identified between pages in cases in which one of the pages includes a link to another page or a link to it in its media content. In this sense, the court decision may include a link to another court decision (for example, in the body of the court decision or in a footnote, note or similar element), or the page may include a hyperlink to another page. And in yet another example, a link can be identified between pages using user data indicating a link between pages.

In addition to identifying the link (s) between the pages, colligator 204 can also be configured to retrieve, create, or otherwise provide each of one or more metadata pages associated with that page. The metadata associated with a page can provide any number of different units of information about this page. For example, metadata associated with a page may provide information defining the relationship (s) between this page and another page (s). This information may include the names or other identifiers of the other page (s) associated with the page, and may also include an indication of the logical relationship (s) established by the relationship (s) between them (for example, a shared common document , subject and / or object, adjacency, object-subject, subject-object, parent-child, link / link, specific user, etc.).

In addition to the link (s), the associated page metadata may include one or more other units of page information. For example, metadata may provide information related to a document for which the page is a component, such as the name or other identifier of the document and / or author, size and / or time of creation or last modification of the document. Also, for example, metadata may provide information about one or more content restrictions applied or to be applied to a page, such as restricting access, prohibiting editing or modification, and / or encrypting a page.

Metadata may also provide information about the media content of the page. This information may include, for example, the identification of the subject (s) and / or object (s) of the page, the segment of the page including one or more objects, and / or the level of detail of one or more objects on the page. In some cases, the link between pages having a common subject, object, or related to the subject-subject or subject-object can be derived from the metadata defining the corresponding subject (s) and / or object (s) of documents. In these cases, the description of the subject (s) and / or object (s) of the page may be sufficient for information identifying the corresponding link (s) between the pages.

In one example, page linking may further include a colligator 204 configured to identify one or more layout schemes of at least some pages. In this example, the associated metadata extracted, created, or otherwise provided by the collator for a certain page may further include information indicating the layout of the corresponding page in each of one or more layout schemes. For an appropriate layout scheme, they may include, for example, an indication of the size, location and / or depth (z-order) of the page (or more specifically its visual presentation). The layout diagram (s) may be identified and the size, location and / or depth may be indicated in any way, for example, in accordance with one or more business rules, logic diagrams, or similar methods.

Examples of suitable layout schemes (sometimes called presentation styles) include a brick wall, a partial brick wall, a hierarchical layout, a shape, a centrifugal layout, a top-down / triangulated layout, a centrifugal triangulated layout, a size-dominant layout, with overlapping fragment, with hierarchy in depth, with the form of loading, mesh layout, multimedia / static-dynamic layout or similar. Other examples may include combinations of several of the above layout schemes. Each of a plurality of example layout schemes is described in detail below.

In one example, the page size in the layout may be specified as an absolute size or a relative size, each of which can be specified in different ways. In some cases, the page size may relate to the size in pixels and, therefore, may provide the number of pixels on the page, or page resolution in pixels. In one example, the absolute page size can be specified by the dimensions of the height and width (for example, Ν × Μ pixels). In another example, the page size can be specified as a relative size based on the size of another or more other pages with which this page is logically linked. For example, the relative size can be specified in different ways, such as percentages, part or multiple of another page (s), or the relative size can be set simply by specifying less than, greater than or equal to the size of the other page (s). In pages linked through a parent-child relationship, for example, the size of the child page can be specified as half the size of its parent. In any case, when the size is relative, the size of the corresponding other page (s) can be specified in its associated metadata and can be specified as absolute or relative size, based on the size of other pages.

Similarly to the size, in one example, the location (sometimes referred to as the position) of the page in the layout scheme can be indicated as an absolute location or relative location, but one way or another, can be specified in different ways. Similarly, the page depth in the layout diagram can be indicated as absolute depth or relative depth, each of which can be specified in different ways. For example, the absolute location of the page can be specified in the x coordinates of the coordinate system, which covers the layout scheme, and the absolute depth can be set in the z coordinates of the coordinate system. In another example, the relative location of the page can be specified in x, y coordinates relative to a point or other page (s) in the layout. In yet another example, a relative location can be specified simply by pointing above, below, to the left or right of a point or other page (s). in the layout diagram. Similarly, in one example, the relative depth can be set simply by indicating the page in front of or behind the other page (s) in the layout diagram. In any case, when the location and / or depth are relative, the location and / or depth of the corresponding other page (s) can be specified in its associated metadata and can be specified as absolute or relative values of the location and / or depth.

Colligator 204 may be configured to link pages to metadata as a collection of panoptically visualized documents and link the collection to any of a variety of other purposes. In one example, the collator may be configured to link pages and metadata to a corresponding data store 206, 208 for subsequent retrieval. The data warehouse may be combined with the document collection system 200 or may be located separately from this system, but interact with it. Pages and metadata can be formatted and saved in any way possible, and thus their data store can be any of many different types. Examples of suitable types of data storage include data file storage, a database, cloud storage, or the like.

In various examples, before storing the pages in the corresponding data storage 206, the pages can be compressed or processed in another way to facilitate storage and retrieval. As shown, for example, the system may include a tyler 210 connected to the collator, and through which the collator communicates with the pages. The tyler can be configured to create (for each of one or more pages) visual representations of the page with a resolution corresponding to the page zoom levels. As described in this document, a page (or rather its visual presentation) at each zoom level can be generally called a "fragment of the image" and can sometimes be mistaken for a separate version or copy of the page. However, as indicated above, the image fragment of the page does not have to include a photo image, since the page may include other types of media content.

In addition to or instead of creating fragments of the image of the page, the tyler 210 may be configured to divide the fragments of the image at zoom levels into progressively increasing numbers of tiles, each of which covers the spatial zone of the image fragment at the corresponding zoom level. This can help to extract, pan and / or zoom the page, as shown below. Then the tyler can be further configured to link tiles of fragments of the image of the pages, for example, with the storage page. However, before communicating with tiles, the tyler can be further configured to compress tiles if necessary.

In one more specific example, Tyler 210 may be configured to create multiple page resolution values corresponding to zoom levels hierarchically from the upper zoom level through one or more intermediate zoom levels to the base zoom level. Each zoom level includes a fragment of the image of the entire page, but at different resolutions; and fragments of the page image at different zoom levels can have the same natural aspect ratio (the ratio of the image width to its height). In one example, the upper level of scaling (level 0) may include a fragment of the image of the entire page at the lowest resolution, the intermediate level (s) of scaling, may include a fragment of the image of the whole page with progressively increasing resolutions (level 1 directly below level 0, level 2 directly below level 1, etc.), and the basic zoom level (level L) may include a fragment of the image of the entire page at the highest (or full) resolution.

Each fragment of the page image can be obtained in any of the possible ways. In one example, one of the image fragments may be received by the tyler 210, for example, a full resolution image fragment. Then the tyler can be configured to create other fragments of images at lower resolutions, for example by decimating a fragment of the image in full resolution.

As indicated, the tyler 210 can be configured to decompose image fragments into zoom levels into a progressively increasing number of tiles, each of which covers the spatial area of the image fragment at the corresponding zoom level. Tiles can have a fixed size (resolution) within and across the zoom levels and, accordingly, a fragment of an image made up of a larger number of tiles can generally have a higher resolution than a fragment of an image made up of a smaller number of tiles. Therefore, each zoom level can be considered a higher zoom level relative to any zoom level located above it (in this case, the image fragment at this zoom level has a higher resolution than the image fragment at any zoom level located above it). Similarly, each zoom level can be considered a lower zoom level relative to any zoom level located below it (in this case, the image fragment at this zoom level has a lower resolution than the image fragment at any zoom level located below it).

In one example, the resolution of a fragment of an image at each zoom level can be equal to half the resolution of the zoom level located directly below it and double the resolution of the zoom level located directly above it (resolutions increase or decrease with a factor of two). In this example, the indicated number of tiles at the zoom level I can be set by t _I = t ₀ × 4 ^I , where I = 0, 1, 2, ... L, at ₀ represents the specified number of tiles at the upper zoom level (level 0). In a more specific example, including four zoom levels 0, 1, 2, and 3 (L = 3) and in which the upper zoom level of the image fragment is composed of 1 tile (t ₀ = 1), the first intermediate zoom level (level 1) of the image fragment can be composed of 4 tiles, the second intermediate zoom level (level 2) of the image fragment can be composed of 16 tiles, and the main zoom level (level 3) of the image fragment can be composed of 64 tiles.

In one example, a page covered with a number of tiles at a single zoom level can be covered by increasing or decreasing the number of tiles at higher or lower zoom levels, respectively, thereby increasing or decreasing the page resolution. Similarly, a page area covered by one tile at one zoom level can be covered by several (for example, four) tiles at an adjacent higher zoom level, thereby increasing the resolution of the corresponding page zone. And also the page area covered by multiple tiles at the same zoom level can be covered by one tile at an adjacent lower zoom level, thereby reducing the resolution of the corresponding page zone.

In one example, a page (or its zone) with candy resolution can be displayed using a tile (s) covering the page at a zoom level corresponding to a specific resolution. Page enlargement can be accomplished by replacing the depicted tile (s) with an increased number of tiles covering the page at a higher zoom level. Similarly, page reduction can be accomplished by replacing the displayed tiles with a reduced number of tiles (or one tile) covering the page at a lower zoom level. And because the page can be divided into tiles, in cases in which the segment, and not the whole page, is visible in the graphical user interface (GUI) on which the page is displayed, only those tiles covering the visible page segment can be extracted and displayed.

In FIG. 3 illustrates a document composition system 300 in accordance with one illustrative embodiment. As indicated above, the document composition system 300 may be one example of a document composition system 104 of the panoptic imaging system 100 of FIG. 1. The document layout system can be generally configured to create layouts of panoptically ordered, logically related pages from a collection of panoptically visualized documents. This collection may be, for example, a collection created by the document collection system 102, or more specifically in one example, the document collection system 200 of FIG. 2.

As shown in FIG. 3, a document composition system 300 may include a search engine 302, a request interface, or the like, configured to receive a request for media content and identify one or more pages including the requested media content. The identified page may be from a collection of panoptically visualized documents having a plurality of pages, each of which includes corresponding media content and has associated metadata providing information about the corresponding page. Pages and metadata can be stored in respective data storages 304, 306, which in one example may coincide with the corresponding data storages 206, 208 shown in FIG. 2.

The search engine 302 may be configured to identify the page (s) in various ways, for example based on the associated metadata of the pages in the collection. For example, a query may include a keyword that is appropriate or otherwise relevant to the subject or object of the collection page (s). Then, upon request, the search engine may be configured to search the metadata repository 306 for related metadata of one or more pages, including media content that is relevant or relevant to the request.

The document layout system 300 may also include a layout engine 308, a layout generator, or the like, coupled to the search engine 302 and configured to select a layout scheme (presentation style) from a plurality of layout schemes for panoptically arranged multiple pages including an identifiable page. Layout schemes can be maintained in appropriate repositories such as file storage, database storage, cloud storage or the like, and can be formatted and saved in any other way depending on the respective storage.

Layout schemes may include any layout schemes for panoptic page ordering. As indicated above and further discussed below, examples of suitable layout schemes include a brick wall, a partial brick wall, a hierarchical layout, a shape, a centrifugal layout, a top-down / triangulated layout, a centrifugal triangulated layout, a dominated layout size, with overlapping fragment, with hierarchy in depth, with the form of loading, mesh layout, multimedia / static-dynamic layout or similar. Other examples may include combinations of several of the above layout schemes.

The arrangement engine 308 may be configured to select a layout scheme in any manner. In one example, the layout mechanism may be configured to select a layout scheme in accordance with the associated metadata of the identified page. The search engine 302 may therefore be configured to associate the associated metadata of the identifiable page with a layout mechanism, which, in turn, may be configured to select a layout scheme according to the corresponding associated metadata.

As described above, the associated page metadata can provide information about the type of document for which the page is a component, and / or information about the media content of the page. Further, in one example, the layout engine 308 may be configured to select a layout scheme according to the type of document for which the identified page is a component (e.g., an automatically designed document, presentations, a graphic document, a video document, a regulatory document, a book, article, web page, flow chart (s), technical drawing (s), wiring diagram (s), etc.). In another example, the layout mechanism may be configured to select a layout scheme in accordance with the media content of the identified page, such as one or more of its subjects and / or objects.

As also described above, the linked page metadata may include information identifying the relationship (s) between the page and the other page (s) of the collection. Therefore, the layout engine 308 is also configured to retrieve the identified page and other page (s) identified in accordance with the associated metadata for the identified page. These pages can be extracted from the corresponding data warehouse 304.

The arrangement engine 308 may be configured to arrange the layout of the extracted pages, pan-optically ordered according to the selected layout scheme, the extracted pages and associated metadata. Then, in addition to page retrieval, the linking mechanism in one example may also be configured to receive related metadata, for example, from the corresponding data store 306. The layout mechanism may also be configured to communicate the layout, for example, with a GUI in which the layout may be displayed, or with a printer to obtain a layout printout.

As suggested, the layout can specify the panoptic ordering of the extracted pages in accordance with the selected layout scheme. In the layout scheme, each page can have a specific size, location and / or depth (ordering by Z). The size, location and / or depth of each layout page may be absolute or specified relative to the other layout page (s) and may be indicated, or otherwise determined in different ways. In one example, dimensions, locations, and / or depths may be indicated, or otherwise determined, from a description of a layout scheme selected from a variety of schemes. Additionally or alternatively, for example, the associated metadata of each layout page may provide information indicating its size, location and / or depth (енность ordering) in the layout, as discussed above. In these examples, the layout engine 308 may be configured to create a layout in accordance with the sizes, locations, and / or depths indicated by the selected layout scheme and / or associated metadata of the layout pages.

The aspect ratios of the pages can be their natural aspect ratios. In some cases, however, the layout scheme may indicate, or otherwise specify, for each of one or more pages, an aspect ratio different from the natural aspect ratio of the corresponding page. In these cases, the layout engine 308 may be configured to further create a layout in accordance with various, unnatural aspect ratios of the page (s).

In yet another example, one or more layout pages may be in a configuration including visual presentations (e.g., fragments of an image) at appropriate resolutions. For each of these pages, the layout engine 308 may be configured to retrieve the page for visual presentation with a resolution that exactly or nearly exactly matches the size indicated by the selected layout and / or related metadata. This may include, for example, extracting a portion of the image of the page with an appropriate resolution or close to it.

The layout created by the layout engine 308 can be dynamically created in accordance with the selected layout scheme so that a different page layout can be implemented by changing the selected layout scheme. The different layout can also be implemented in other ways, for example, methods based on the associated metadata of the layout pages or one or more time factors. In one example, the layout mechanism may therefore be made with the additional possibility of receiving a request for providing various panoptic schemes of the extracted pages. In this example, the layout mechanism may be configured to select various layout schemes from a plurality of layout schemes upon receipt of a request. The layout mechanism may also be configured to create various layouts of the extracted pages. This may include a layout engine configured to panoptic reorder the extracted pages according to a different layout scheme, as well as the extracted pages and the associated metadata of the extracted pages.

As indicated above, layout schemes can include any type of layout for panoptically ordered pages. In layout schemes, the logical relation (s) established by the link (s) between the pages can be expressed by arranging the pages either by location or by depth (ordering by Ζ), or by both options simultaneously. In one example, logical relationships can be expressed by the proximity of pages to each other at their locations and / or at their relative depths. In addition, one or more layout schemes may define or imply a navigation path between documents linked to each other, and / or a loading form for loading layout pages created according to respective layout schemes. In FIG. 6-17 are simplified examples of suitable layout schemes. As shown above, these examples include a brick wall, a partial brick wall, a hierarchical layout, a shape, a centrifugal layout, a top-down / triangulated layout, a centrifugal triangulated layout, a size-dominant layout, overlapping a fragment, with a hierarchy in depth, with shape downloads, mesh layout, multimedia / static dynamic layout, or the like.

In FIG. 6 shows a brick wall layout diagram 600 in accordance with one illustrative embodiment in which pages 602 can be arranged in one or more rows and in one or more columns. As shown, the brick wall layout model can be characterized by sequentially arranging pages one after the other with the appropriate size and / or aspect ratio along one or more rows and / or columns. This type of layout scheme can be used for the usual search of results. In one example, the layout scheme can provide horizontal chapter orientation and vertical orientation along progressively increasing page lengths.

Although this is not shown separately, the partial brick wall layout scheme may be taken into account as an expanded version of the brick wall layout scheme 600. The layout model of a partial brick wall can be characterized by clusters of pages, which similarly can be the same in size and / or aspect ratio at least within the respective clusters. In this layout scheme, clusters can be linked through related metadata of the respective pages, such as through their media content, author, creation time, last modification, or the like.

In FIG. 7 shows a hierarchical layout diagram 700 in accordance with one illustrative embodiment in which pages can be arranged according to a hierarchy of location and / or size. A hierarchical relationship between pages (hierarchically linked pages) can be specified through the metadata associated with them in different ways. For example, a hierarchical relationship may be indicated by a parent-child relationship between pages. In another example, a hierarchical relationship may be indicated by an object-subject or subject-object relationship in which the object of one page of a higher hierarchy may be the subject (s) of another page (s) of a lower hierarchy and in which at least some the corresponding other page (s) may be at the same level in the hierarchy. In this example, the object of one page may be the main image, and the object (s) of the other page (s) may be the detailed image (s) of the element (s) of the main image. In yet another example, a hierarchical relationship may be indicated by a relationship in which one page of a higher hierarchy includes link (s) or link (s) (e.g., quote, hyperlink, etc.) to another document (- you) of a lower hierarchy in which at least some of the corresponding other document (s) can be at the same level in the hierarchy.

In one example of a hierarchical arrangement 700, pages of a higher hierarchy may be located above pages of a lower hierarchy (top to bottom) and / or may be larger than pages of a lower hierarchy. Pages in this layout may not be limited in size or aspect ratio. Pages of a higher hierarchy may dominate pages of a lower hierarchy, and pages of a lower hierarchy may be limited in the direction of the X axis by the width of the pages of a higher hierarchy.

In particular, for example, the tallest page 702 in the hierarchy can be located on top and can be sized to fit the full resolution of the page and its natural aspect ratio. The next highest page (s) 704 in the hierarchy can be located directly below the highest page with a size smaller than this same page, and with an aspect ratio that limits the next highest page (s) together to the width of the highest page. This pattern can be repeated for the third highest page (s) in the hierarchy, below the corresponding one of the next highest pages, for the fourth highest page (s) 708 in the hierarchy, and so on. This layout scheme may, in one example, provide a separate page with linked pages located beneath it, linked to from a corresponding page.

In FIG. 8 shows a layout diagram 800 in accordance with one illustrative embodiment in which the diagram mimics the physical structure of a page, such as an aircraft or United States geography. In one example, pages 802 may be located within the boundaries of the visual representation 804 of the physical structure (two or three-dimensional representation), where the location (s) of the page (s) may coincide with the ratio) of its media content to the structure. For example, pages related to the wingtip area of an aircraft (for example, through a subject or object) may be located in the corresponding visual presentation area of the aircraft. In another example, pages related to court decisions of various states of the United States may be located in areas of visual representation of the United States that coincide with the states in which these decisions are made.

In the layout model 800, in some cases, one or more subsets of pages can be located in clusters 806 of the corresponding zones of the visual representation of the physical structure. In these cases, each of the clusters can be located in accordance with other layout schemes both in terms of location and page size of the cluster.

In FIG. 9 shows a centrifugal arrangement 900 in accordance with one illustrative embodiment. This layout scheme may be characterized by a dominant centrally located main page 902, such as a page identified by a search engine (e.g., search engine 302) that searches for media content. Pages 904 associated with the main page (e.g., hierarchically linked) may be 360 degrees around the main page. Pages in this layout may not be limited in size or aspect ratio. In one example, this layout scheme may show that the main page is linked to previous (top), subsequent (lower), and current (side) pages. An example of this type of layout can be a collection of documents or web pages that have cross-hyperlinks to pages that are a branch of the document tree that leads to the center, to the main page.

In FIG. 10 shows a top-down / triangulated layout circuit 1000 in accordance with one illustrative embodiment. This layout may be similar to a combination of brick wall layout 600 and hierarchical layout 700 and may be described as hierarchically linked pages 1002 arranged from top to bottom. Like a brick wall layout, pages in this layout may be limited in size and / or aspect ratio at least within pages at the same hierarchy level, which can show the importance of pages relative to each other. Similarly to the hierarchical layout scheme in one example, pages of a higher hierarchy may be located above (in the direction of the Υ axis) a page of a lower hierarchy, but unlike a hierarchical layout scheme, the widths of the lower pages may not be limited to higher pages in the direction of the X axis. In one from the top-down / triangulated layout diagram examples, it can provide a separate page as a node in the graph tree of linked pages.

In FIG. 11 shows a centrifugal triangulated arrangement 1100 in accordance with one illustrative embodiment. This arrangement may be characterized by a dominant centrally located main page 1102, similar to a centrifugal arrangement 900. In a centrifugal triangulated layout, pages 1104 associated with the main page (e.g., hierarchically linked) may be located above and / or below the main page. Also similar to a centrifugal layout page, a centrifugal triangulated layout page may not be limited in size or aspect ratio. A centrifugal triangulated layout may indicate that the main page is related to the previous (upper) and subsequent (lower) pages. An example of this type of layout can be a collection of documents or web pages that are linked by hyperlinks along with the top pages, which are a branch of the document tree that leads to the center, i.e. to the main page, and the bottom pages leading from the main page.

In FIG. 12, a dominant size layout diagram 1200 is shown in accordance with one illustrative embodiment. This arrangement may be similar to the centrifugal arrangement 900. In this sense, a dominant size layout may be characterized by a dominant centrally located main page 1202 and pages 1204 associated with the main page (e.g., hierarchically linked) and 360 degrees arranged around the main page. This layout scheme, however, may include more than one main page, which may be of the same size or different sizes, for example with the two pages 1202a, 1202b shown in the drawing. Pages in this layout may not be limited in size or aspect ratio. The page size in this layout may convey the weight or correspondence of the pages relative to each other. An example of this type of arrangement may be a collection of wiring diagrams that have associated link (s) or link (s) along all four axes of at least the main circuitry. Graphic / schematic wiring diagrams with links and links may themselves include relationships to additional circuits.

In FIG. 13 shows a fragment overlap arrangement 1300 in accordance with one illustrative embodiment. This layout scheme is characterized by maintaining a hierarchical relationship between the pages in depth (ordering by Ζ), on which they are located. In one example, the page 1302 of a higher hierarchy may overlap another page 1304 of a lower hierarchy, which in turn may overlap another page 1306 of an even lower hierarchy. In this layout, pages having one or more common elements or other media content may overlap 1308 so that the common element (s) or other media content can be at least partially located one below the other through the pages.

Navigating a layout (or more specifically its visual presentation) may include zooming in or out. An increase in the layout scale according to the layout scheme 1300 overlapping a fragment may include an increase in the size and, in some cases, one example, the resolution of the layout pages. According to this layout scheme, however, increasing the layout scale may also include blocking the overlying page so that one or more overlapping pages (or rather, their overlapping segments) at the bottom of the layout can appear in the field of view. Conversely, reducing the layout scale may also include showing a blocked overlapping page so that the corresponding page appears in the field of view and one or more overlapped pages (or rather, their overlapped segments) go out of view. In one example, blocking a page may include increasing the transparency of the page (or decreasing its opacity) while increasing the size, and displaying the page may include increasing the opacity of the page (or decreasing its transparency) while decreasing the size.

In one example, as shown in FIG. 13, in a fragment overlapping layout diagram 1300 including pages 1302, 1304, 1306, page 1302 may be blocked as soon as the user zooms in on the layout. In addition, at some point during the enlargement, the corresponding page may no longer be visible, so the layout only includes pages 1304, 1306. The enlargement can continue further, causing the page 1304 to be blocked until it disappears, and at that moment the layout will apparently, includes only page 1306. In these cases, the blocked pages may remain in the layout, or the arrangement mechanism 308 may be configured to remove them from the layout.

The discussion of the example of FIG. 13, in which only page 1306 is visible and pages 1302, 1304 are obstructed, page 1304 may be shown overlapping page 1306 as soon as the user zooms out. At a certain point during the reduction, the corresponding page may be visible, so that the layout includes both pages 1304, 1306. The zoom out can continue, leading to the page 1302 showing until it is fully displayed, and at that moment the layout includes pages 1302, 1304, 1306. itself. In these cases, the overlapped pages (or their overlapped segments) may remain in the layout, or the layout engine 308 may be configured to remove them from the layout.

In FIG. 14 shows a one-to-many-depth arrangement 1400 in accordance with one illustrative embodiment. This layout scheme is similar to the layout scheme 1300 with overlapping fragment in that the hierarchical relationship between pages can be maintained by their depth (ordering by Ζ). In this layout scheme, however, an overlapped page (e.g., a lower hierarchy) can be sized and positioned to fit perfectly with an overlapping page (e.g., a higher hierarchy).

Similar to layout scheme 1300, Overlap fragment, navigation in one-to-many depth layout 1400 may include zooming in or out of the layout, while navigation may further include blocking or showing a cover page relative to the overlapped page. In the example shown in FIG. 14, navigating a layout including pages 1402, 1404, 1406 may include blocking the overlapping page as soon as the user zooms in on the layout. Conversely, layout navigation may include showing a cover page as soon as the user reduces the layout scale. In this sense, the implementation of the zoom function of the layout scheme with a hierarchy in depth of any number of pages can be similar to the implementation of page scaling, including any number of image fragments.

In FIG. 15 shows a layout diagram 1500 with a download form in accordance with one illustrative embodiment. This layout may be similar to some of the other layouts (e.g., centrifugal, centrifugal triangulated), including the dominant centrally located main page 1502 and pages 1504 connected to the main page (e.g. hierarchically linked) and arranged around, above and / or below it. Pages in this layout may not be limited in size or aspect ratio. The layout scheme with the download form may be characterized by the sequence of loading the layout (or more specifically its visual presentation). In this layout scheme, non-primary pages may be loaded first, followed by the main page.

An example of a layout diagram 1500 with a download form may be time-related media content pages, where pages of an older media content may be loaded in front of the main page of the latest media content. The sequence of media content in this context may refer to the temporal aspect of the subject (s) or object (s) of the media content. For example, pages (for example, pages 1504) with information preceding the court decision can be loaded in front of the page with the court decision itself (for example, pages 1502). In another example, the sequence of media content may relate to the time the content was created, as in the case of downloading the initial draft of the document and one or more changes or corrections to the document (for example, pages 1504) before the final or current version of the document (for example, page 1502).

In FIG. 16, a honeycomb layout 1600 is shown in accordance with one illustrative embodiment. The layout layout can be characterized by arranging pages 1602 in a three-dimensional (3D) environment, for example, in the context of a cellular 3D structure, such as a truncated icosahedron 1604. For example, each page can be created by a set of x, y, z coordinates with known corresponding orts. In addition, each page can be placed in the layout in accordance with the observation point. This layout scheme can be visually represented in three dimensions or can be converted into a corresponding two-dimensional (2D) layout, such as a transformed truncated icosahedron 1606.

In FIG. 17 shows a multimedia / static dynamic layout circuit 1700 in accordance with one illustrative embodiment. This layout scheme may be a subset of one or more other layout schemes in which layout pages may include pages of mixed types of media. For example, this layout may include one or more than one static ("S") page, for example in the case of text content or a still image, and one or more dynamic ("D") pages, for example in the case of a video image. In FIG. 17 shows an example of a multimedia / static-dynamic layout scheme with ordered multimedia content in a layout similar to the dominant size layout scheme 1200. As shown, this ordering may include a dominant centrally located main page 1702a, 1702b and pages 1704 associated with and surrounding main pages (e.g., hierarchically linked).

Next, FIG. 4, in which a document navigation system 400 is shown in accordance with one illustrative embodiment. As indicated above, the document navigation system 400 may be one example of a document navigation system 106 as part of the panoptic imaging system 100 of FIG. 1. The document navigation system can be generally configured to select and provide navigation option (s) for moving layouts of panoptically ordered, logically related pages of a collection of panoptically visualized documents. In one example, it may include a collection of a document collection system 102 (e.g., a document collection system 200). Additionally or alternatively, for example, it may include a layout created by the document composition system 104 (e.g., the document composition system 300).

As shown in FIG. 4, a document navigation system 400 may include a navigation mechanism 402 configured to accept the layout of pages (document components) of a collection of pan-visualized documents. A collection can have many pages, each of which includes corresponding media content and has associated metadata providing information about the corresponding page. The layout may include panoptic ordering of the visual representations of the layout pages in accordance with the associated metadata of the respective pages.

The navigation mechanism 402 may also be configured to select one or more navigation options from a plurality of navigation options to move a layout in which navigation options can be selected according to related metadata for the layout pages. Navigation options can be specified in the appropriate data warehouse, such as data file storage, database storage, cloud storage or the like, and formatted and saved in any way depending on the corresponding data storage. Similarly, the metadata of the layout pages can be stored in the corresponding data store 404, which in one example may correspond to any of the data stores 208, 306, or both. The navigation mechanism may also be configured to provide communication options, such as a GUI, to selected navigation options, in which selected navigation options may be presented along with the layout.

In one example, the navigation mechanism 402 may be configured to select navigation options according to the type of document (s) whose layout pages are constituents that can be specified in the linked page metadata. In one example, the navigation mechanism may be configured to select navigation options according to the media content of the layout pages, such as their subject (s) and / or object (s), which may also be indicated in the associated metadata. Examples of suitable navigational layout options include command tools (e.g. pan, rotate, zoom, block / show, reset, etc.), annotation tools (e.g., chronological sequence / control point, callout, etc. ), linking tools (hyperlink, quick link, hot spot, etc.), navigation path tools (for example, tracing, recording, etc.), metadata tools (for example, search, filter, frame, etc. ), page tools (e.g. search k, filter, call command, activation, size, location, dominance, logical relation (s), etc.), layout change, joint navigation, hyper-hypo navigation, listing, or similar.

Associated layout page metadata can explicitly or implicitly affect selected navigation options. In one example, associated metadata can be retrieved to directly influence the navigation options selected by the navigation engine 402. Additionally or alternatively, for example, related page metadata can affect the layout of these pages, for example, by influencing the selected layout scheme, according to which this layout can be created. In particular, for example, the layout of the pages can be created in accordance with the layout scheme selected in accordance with the type of document (s) of the pages and / or media content of the pages. The layout may also affect the navigation options selected through the navigation mechanism. In the case of related metadata, either explicitly or implicitly affecting the selected navigation options, it can be said that the navigation mechanism selects the navigation options in accordance with the associated metadata of the layout pages.

The document navigation system 400 may also include a requesting interface 406 connected to the navigation mechanism 402 and configured to receive the request in accordance with one or more selected navigation options. The requesting interface may be configured to transmit the request to the navigation engine. The navigation mechanism may, in turn, be further configured to configure a visual representation of the layout upon request and in accordance with the request and upon transmission of the setting, for example, to the aforementioned GUI. In one example, the navigation mechanism may be configured to customize the visual presentation without adjusting the layout itself. In another example, the navigation mechanism may be configured to customize the visual presentation, including setting the layout.

As suggested above, the selected navigation options may be affected by the layout and / or its pages or, in one more specific example, the related metadata of the layout pages. In addition, in some cases, the layout of various pages can lead to the selection of one or more different navigation options. For example, it is believed that the navigation mechanism 402 can receive the layout of the first pages and the independent layout of the second pages at different times, with each layout including a panoptic arrangement of the respective pages. In this example, the navigation engine may select the first navigation options for the first layout and the second navigation options for the second layout. The first and second pages may include one or more common pages, and, in one example, may also include one or more different pages. In this example, the first and second layouts may be different at least due to the fact that the first and second pages include one or more different pages. In turn, the first and second navigation options selected by the navigation mechanism may include one or more different navigation options, and although the first and second navigation options are similar to the first and second pages, they may include one or more general navigation options .

The navigation mechanism 402 may be configured to select any number of different navigation options for page layout. Many layouts created in accordance with many different layout schemes and including pages of many different types of documents may include command tools such as pan, rotate, scale, block / display, the original state, or the like. In some cases, the segment, and not the entire layout, may be visible in the GUI in which the layout is depicted. This can be, for example, in cases where the layout size is larger than the visible area of the GUI (sometimes called the "field of view"), or in cases where the layout represents pages in a 3D environment (for example, in the case of a mesh layout scheme). In these cases, the navigation options may include panning and / or rotation to move the layout. The layout may include one or more pages included in the field of view, and additionally or alternatively include one or more pages emerging from the field of view. Layout pages in or out of view can be retrieved and displayed, while pages out of or out of view can be removed from the display. In addition, in cases in which only the page segment is in the field of view or enters the field of view and in which the pages are divided into tiles, only those tiles covering the visible page segment can be retrieved and displayed.

Command tools may also include zooming in and out of the layout and thus their pages, and may include zooming in or out of the layout. This increase or decrease in layout size may, in turn, include an increase or decrease in size (s) and, in some cases, one example, resolution (s) of its pages.

In one example, layout pages may include fragments of an image at appropriate resolutions of the page zoom levels. In this example, the layout may include, for each corresponding page, a fragment of the image of this page at a resolution that exactly or almost exactly matches the size indicated by the selected layout scheme and / or related metadata. In addition, an increase in the layout can be accomplished by replacing the image fragments of the pages with their corresponding image fragments with a higher level of scaling and, thereby, increased resolution. Conversely, a layout reduction can be accomplished by replacing the image portions of the pages with their corresponding image fragments with a lower level of scaling and, thus, a reduced resolution.

In various examples, scaling (zooming in or out) of a page or layout can be done in finer increments than are provided by the page zoom levels or one or more layout pages. The scaling of the page (as a separate or as part of the layout) can be reduced to an increment related to the fragment of the image of the page displayed on the screen, another fragment of the image of the page exactly or almost exactly corresponds to the enlarged / reduced page size. In these cases, for example, scaling can be performed by replacing a fragment of a page image with a corresponding fragment of a page image at a higher / lower resolution. In other cases, however, scaling can be reduced in increments pertaining to a portion of the image of the page being displayed, the same portion of the image of the page is still as close as possible to the enlarged / reduced page size. In these cases, for example, scaling can be performed by increasing the size of the image fragment of the page without replacing the image fragment with another fragment at a higher / lower resolution.

In another example, the page can not only include the corresponding image fragments, but image fragments at different zoom levels can be divided into progressively increasing number of tiles, each of which covers the spatial zone of the image fragment at the corresponding zoom level. In this example, an increase in layout can be accomplished by replacing the displayed tile (s) of its pages with an increased number of tiles covering the pages at a higher zoom level (s). Conversely, layout reduction can be accomplished by replacing the displayed tiles with one tile or a reduced number of tiles covering pages at a lower zoom level (s). Similar to panning the layout, increasing or decreasing the layout may include one or more pages of the layout included in the field of view, and may additionally or alternatively include one or more pages out of the field of view. These pages can be processed in a manner similar to panning the layout, but at a higher or lower zoom level (s).

In addition to increasing or decreasing the size / resolution of layout pages for one or more layouts, the zoom option may imply another or more other navigation options to further affect one or more pages. For example, the overlap fragment layout scheme 1200 and the one-to-many depth-of-depth layout scheme 1300 may imply blocking / showing options in which overlapping pages can be hidden or shown relative to overlapping pages during enlargement and reduction, such as in the method described above with reference in FIG. 12 and 13. However, it should be understood that the block / display options can be used to block or display one or more layout pages, regardless of the zoom options and independently of the pages overlapping.

The number of navigation options including the command tools described above can affect the adjustment of the visual layout. The reset option may therefore enable the user to return the visual representation to the initial state from the adjusted state.

Navigation options may include commentary tools such as chronological sequence / cue point, callout, or the like. These tools can provide the user with the ability to add layout comments and can be selected for a single layout from various layout schemes, including pages from many different types of documents. The chronological sequence / cue point option in various examples can in particular be applied to pages that are logically linked to each other in a time sequence. In one example, a chronological sequence / cue point can affect a visualization added to a layout that can link layout pages as control points in a chronological sequence.

Navigation options may include linking tools such as a hyperlink, quick link, hot spot, or similar. According to the hyperlink option, one or more pages (each source) may include link (s) or link (s) to another page (s) or media content of another page (s) (page (s) or media content that is the target). The landing page (s) or media content may be in the same layout or in the same collection of panoptically visualized documents, but it may not be in the same layout. The target may even include the page (s) or media content not in the same collection of panoptically visualized documents.

The hyperlink option may enable the source page to include content embedded in its media content that is linked to another or several other pages. In particular, sometimes it is called a hot call. The hyperlink option may also allow the user to navigate from the source page to one or more landing pages associated with the corresponding source page. In this sense, a hyperlink can be represented in any way: through text, a graphic image, or in a similar way. For example, the media content of one page can be formatted as a hyperlink to another page or the media content of another page. In particular, for example, an element depicted on one page can be formatted as a hyperlink to another page that also depicts an element, or more precisely, an element depicted on another page. This type of hyperlink is sometimes called an access point.

In addition to or instead of the foregoing, for example, navigation options may include navigation path tools such as tracking, recording, or the like. The navigation path in accordance with exemplary embodiments may be defined in any of a variety of different ways. In one example, the navigation path can be set using a sequence of user steps when panning, rotating, scaling and / or reinstalling the layout of one or more of its pages, navigating from one page to another or to media content (hyperlink), or influencing the layout setting (or rather on its visual representation) in another way. Navigation path tools can provide the ability to track and / or record a navigation path following a user, thereby creating a navigation history.

The navigation options of one example may include metadata tools, such as search, filter, insertion, or the like, that can work with related metadata for layout pages. Search and filter options can provide the user with the ability to search for a related layout for specific metadata or a filter for related metadata to include or exclude specific metadata. The insert option may provide the ability to insert specific metadata into a visual representation of the layout, for example, as a footnote that includes specific metadata associated with the page (s) for which the associated metadata includes specific metadata.

Navigation options may include page tools such as search, filter, check mark, activation, size, location, dominance, logical relation (s) or the like. Similar to metadata tools, search and filter options can provide the user with the ability to search for layout pages for a specific page (s) or for specific media content. In this sense, search and filter options may imply related metadata for layout pages.

The “checkmark” option may provide the ability to apply one or more special effects on one or more pages to draw the user's attention to that page (s) in the layout. A special effect can be any effect from many different effects. Examples of suitable special effects include an opaque or translucent border of a noticeable color (e.g., yellow) around the page (s), an opaque or translucent visual object or figure smaller than the page (s) and overlapping it or a translucent visual object or figure of the same or larger than the page (s) and overlapping or similar. Examples of other suitable visual effects include increasing the size of the page (s), animation applied to the page (s), or similar effects.

The special effect (s) can be triggered in any way, as well as the page (s) to which this effect (s) is applied. For example, a special effect (s) may be triggered to show a selection of one or more pages. In this example, the special effect (s) can be extended to the selected page (s). In this example, additionally or alternatively, the visual effect (s) can be extended to the page (s) having a specific logical relationship with the selected page (s) (for example, communication with a common document, subject and / or object, adjacency, object - subject subject-object, parent-child, link / link, specific user, etc.). In another example, the visual effect (s) can be extended to the page (s) to show the navigation path that the user has followed.

The activation option can be, in particular, applied to dynamic pages and can enable the user to initiate the activity of one or more pages, for example, through playback or another control method (for example, rewind, fast forward, level, mute, etc. .) the content of the video image that may be included in such a page (s).

Size, location, and dominance options may provide the user with the option to resize or otherwise rebuild one or more layout pages, which may result in a different layout. These options can be applied to a number of different layouts for different layout schemes, including pages of many different types of documents. In one example, however, the domination option can be, in particular, applied to layouts in accordance with a diagram including a dominant page layout, such as a hierarchical, dominant size, loading form, centrifugal, centrifugally triangulated, multimedia / static dynamic or similar to them.

The logical relationship option (s) may provide the user with the ability to add, delete, or otherwise change one or more logical relationships between pages, which may, in turn, lead to a change in page layout. These changes may or may not affect everything: from page layout navigation to the related metadata of those pages and any other similarly related pages. Thus, in one example, the changes may be temporary in the sense that they are applied only to the layout of the pages that are currently visually presented. In another example, the changes may be longer in the sense that they lead to corresponding changes in the associated page metadata, which can not only lead to a change in the current layout presented, but also other layouts created by including the corresponding pages.

Additional examples of navigation options may include layout changes, co-navigation, hyper-hypo navigation, listing, or the like. The option to change the layout scheme may allow the user to change the layout scheme, in accordance with which its visual representation is created. This option may result in a different layout by rearranging the pages according to a different layout. The joint navigation option may provide the opportunity for users of different instances of the same system to collaborate on page layout navigation, which could be created by one of the systems, but at the same time visually represented by both systems. The hyper-hypo navigation option may provide the ability to navigate between unique layout structures or other pages that may not be part of the same collection of panoptically visualized documents as between pages of this layout (hyper navigation), and / or the ability to navigate with a separate layout structure, which changes as a result of that navigation (hyponavigation). In this case, the print option (sometimes called the print function) may provide the user with the opportunity to direct the visually presented layout to the printer to receive its printout.

In FIG. 5 shows a document support system 500 according to one exemplary embodiment. The document support system 500 may be one example of a document support system 108 as part of the panoptic imaging system 100 of FIG. 1. The document support system may provide one or more support functions for the panoptic visualization system. For example, a document support system may be generally configured to accept a selection from one or more pages of a layout of panoptically ordered, logically linked pages from a collection of a panoptically visualized document and prepare them for printing. In one example, it may include a collection of a document collection system 102 (e.g., a document collection system 200). Additionally or alternatively, for example, it may include a layout created by the document composition system 104 (e.g., the document composition system 300).

The document support system 500 can be generally configured to prepare layout pages for printing, and can do so in a manner that provides the ability to decompose the entire section / segment of a larger collection onto a virtual desktop to be printed. As shown in FIG. 5, the document support system may include a requesting interface 502 configured to accept a request to provide one or more printouts of one or more pages from a page layout (document components) from a collection of a panoptically visualized document, wherein the layout can be represented via a GUI. A collection can have many pages, each of which includes corresponding media content and has associated metadata providing information about the corresponding page. The layout may include panoptic ordering of the visual representations of the layout pages in accordance with the associated metadata of the respective pages.

The requesting interface 502 may explicitly or implicitly receive a request from a user in any of a variety of other ways. In one example, the requesting interface may include or be associated with a document navigation system, such as a document navigation system 400 for receiving selectable print layout pages (s). A document navigation system, such as that described above, may include a printing function, in accordance with which the user can also be given the opportunity to select the page (s) for printing. In one example, the user can select the page (s) directly from the GUI. In this example, the document navigation system may include invoking an option, such as the one described above, according to which the visual effect (s) can be extended to indicate which pages to select.

Page (s) can be selected individually. In another example, the page (s) can be selected collectively, for example, through pages in the layout or in a visible segment of the layout (for example, a screenshot). In yet another example, the pages may include one or more user-selected pages, as well as one or more pages associated with the corresponding page (s), which may or may not be inside the layout. In this example, the user-selected page (s) and associated page (s) can all be considered selected pages.

The print function can also provide the ability to select the type of print layout, according to which the print (s) of the selected page (s) can be obtained, and at the same time one or more other global print parameters that may be necessary or in another way. The print layout type can be selected from a variety of types. In one example, the type of print layout can be selected by the user. In another example, the type of print layout can be selected based on one or more indicators, such as the selected page (s), its location in the layout, the number of pages in the layout, or the selected pages visible in the GUI that displays the layout, or similar to them. In addition, in another example, the print layout type can be set by default.

In one example, a suitable type of print layout may include printing the selected page (s) separately and in its respective environment. In another example, the print layout type may include printing the selected page (s) together with its corresponding environment, such as a layout in a layout or other layout that reflects its logical relationship. In yet another example, the type of print layout may include printing the selected page (s) separately or together, but in the segment in which the page (s) are visible in the visible segment of the layout (for example, a screenshot).

The print function may also provide the ability to select one or more other global print options. An example of a suitable global print option may be the selection of paper size for printing (s), such as letter, "standard", A4, or the like. Another example of a suitable global print option may be the insertion of metadata or other textual information onto the printout (s) of the selected page (s). This global parameter may be similar to the insert option proposed by the document navigation system, such as described above. In one example, a global parameter may provide the ability to insert metadata that reveals one or more logical relationships for the selected page (s), for example, when the relationship (s) may not be otherwise easily interpreted from the layout or printout (s) )

The requesting interface 502 may be configured to transmit a request, determine the selected page (s) and enable the type of print layout and any other global print parameter (s). The document support system 500 may also include a support mechanism 504 connected to the requesting interface 502 and configured to receive a request from the requesting interface, and also retrieve and prepare the selected page (s) for printing according to the type of print layout and global parameter (- ditch) print. In one example, the support mechanism may be configured to retrieve selected page (s) from the corresponding data store 506, which in various examples may correspond to the corresponding data store 206 shown in FIG. 2, or the corresponding data warehouse 304 shown in FIG. 3. The support mechanism may also be configured to retrieve the metadata of the selected page (s) from the corresponding data store 508, such as in the case of the global print parameter calling, to insert metadata on the printout (s). Metadata may be stored in a corresponding data store 508, which in various examples may correspond to the corresponding information coverage 208 shown in FIG. 2, or the corresponding data store 306 shown in FIG. 3.

In one example, the support mechanism 504 may, in particular, be configured to retrieve selected page (s) in its natural size (s), while in various examples, one or more selected pages may be in a smaller layout. In other examples, the support mechanism may be configured to retrieve the selected page (s) in a different size (-pax). This is possible in cases in which one or more selected pages are in a state that includes visual representations (for example, fragments of the image) at appropriate zoom levels.

In yet another example, the support mechanism 504 may be configured to retrieve selected page (s) according to the selected type of print layout and / or global print parameter (s). To print the selected page (s) separately and in its respective environment, the support mechanism may be configured to retrieve the page (s) in its natural size (-pax), or in a size that is best suited or in another way suitable for default size, or in the selected paper size for printing (currents) (accounting for any set of fields, offsets, etc.). To print the selected page (s) together with its respective environment, the support mechanism can be configured to assign the size (s) to the selected page (s) to enable all of them to set the default size or the selected paper size. All selected pages can be the same size; or in another example, the selected page (s) can be sized to fit its metadata (for example, from the corresponding data store 508), such as in a method similar to that described above for setting page sizes in the layout. In these examples, retrieving the selected page (s) may include a retrieval mechanism for each one or more selected pages, a page for visual presentation at a resolution that fits or nearly matches the size given to it. This may include, for example, extracting a portion of the image of the page with an appropriate resolution or close to it.

In one example, again, a printout of that part of the selected page (s) that is visible in the visible layout segment can be done. In this example, for each one or more selected pages, support mechanism 504 may also be configured to retrieve the entire page. One or more selected pages, however, can not only include the corresponding image fragments, but their image fragments can be divided into progressively increasing number of tiles, each of which covers the spatial zone of the image fragment at the corresponding zoom level. For each one or more of these pages, a support mechanism may be configured to extract tile fragments of the page image that cover the visible segment of the page in the visible segment of the layout.

Despite the exact way in which the support mechanism 504 retrieves the selected page (s), the support mechanism can prepare the page (s) for printing according to the type of print layout and the global print setting (s). In this sense, the support mechanism may be configured to provide one or more pages prepared for printing for the corresponding one or more requested printouts. The support mechanism may be configured to issue a page prepared for printing, including each selected page to be printed separately, or to issue a page prepared for printing, including all of the selected pages that must be printed together, in accordance with Selected print layout type. The support mechanism may additionally insert into at least one page prepared for printing any metadata or other text information that should be inserted into the page, which may be indicated by the global print parameter. In a specific example, each page prepared for printing can be created as a markup document, since a document in Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) or a document in Extensible Markup Language (XML), in which information, such as any inserted metadata or other textual information, can be labeled at its source. This and other similar examples may also indicate the size of the selected page (s), which may be useful if you resize the page (s) for printing, if the page (s) were extracted with a different size (s).

After issuing a printable page for each print to be issued, thereby resulting in one or more printable pages including the selected page (s), the support mechanism 504 may be configured to communicate the printable page (- c). For example, the support mechanism may be configured to communicate the page (s) prepared for printing with a GUI on the screen of which the page (s) prepared for printing can be displayed, or by a printer to issue a print (s) of the corresponding page prepared for printing (-c).

The following illustrative embodiments of the present invention are shown in FIG. 18-22, which depict illustrative page layouts with the ability to display a GUI that has a predetermined visible area and that can be moved by the user, in accordance with an illustrative embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 18 to 20, an example layout according to the hierarchical layout diagram 700 depicted in the GUI with a predetermined visible area 1800 is shown. As shown, the layout according to the hierarchical layout diagram may include multiple pages 1802, each of which, in one example, may represent a fragment of the page image at the appropriate resolution. Different fragments of the page image may have different layout resolutions: page 1804 has a higher resolution than pages 1806, which in turn have a higher resolution than pages 1808, which in turn have a higher resolution than pages 1810.

Pages in the layout can be arranged and / or sorted by size in accordance with the logical relationship (s) between the pages. In the example shown, pages 1802 are technical drawings of the aircraft and may be in relation to the subject-object. More specifically, for example, the page element (s) at the hierarchy level can be the subject (s) of pages hierarchically located below it, while the subject (s), in one example, being an additional fragment, refers to an object (- there).

In particular, for example, page 1804 may depict a glider view of an entire aircraft. Pages 1806 may depict the bow compartment, chassis, window, engine assembly, and tail assembly. Pages 1808 may depict additional details about the content of the corresponding page objects 1806, and pages 1810 may depict additional details about the content of the corresponding page objects 1808. However, in the visible area 1800, pages 1808, 1810 can be presented with a resolution in which only the user recognizes their media content. partially or not recognized at all. Of course, in other exemplary embodiments, pages 1808 and / or pages 1810 may be provided with sufficient resolution to interpret essentially all of their media content.

The GUI may represent one or more selected navigation options for navigating page layouts 1802. In this demo, the panoramic and zoom options can be presented as controls 1812 to move and / or enlarge pages in the visible area 1800 to focus on a segment 1814 layouts. In other words, the user can use the aforementioned controls to move and / or scale the layout to fill a larger segment of the GUI visible area with some layout segment. In FIG. 19 shows an example of the result of layout navigation in this manner.

As shown in FIG. 19, as soon as the user engages the controls 1812 to focus on the layout segment 1814, the page size 1804-1810 may increase, one example may include replacing the image fragments of the pages 1804-1808 with the corresponding higher resolution image fragments. The resolution of the image fragments may enable the user to interpret essentially all of the presented media content. From this point of view, however, pages 1810 may not be presented with sufficient resolution for interpretation by the user, because the size of the respective pages may not be increased to the level of replacement with the next image fragment. This means that even after increasing the size of the image, the size can still very accurately approximate the same image fragment, so as not to lead to its replacement by the next image fragment with a higher resolution. In this demo, the user can again use the controls 1812 to move and / or resize the image to focus on an already smaller layout segment 1902.

One example of the result of layout navigation to focus on segment 1902 is shown in FIG. 20. In one example, the visible area 2000 of the GUI may be resized to more fully represent the focused segment of the layout. As soon as the user engages the controls 1812 to focus on the layout segment 1902, the page size 1804-1810 may increase, one example may now further include replacing the image fragment of the page 1810 with the corresponding higher resolution image fragment. The media content on page 1810 may now be sufficient for user interpretation. In one example, in which only the page segment 1804 is inside the visible area of the GUI and in which the corresponding page is divided into tiles, only those tiles covering the visible segment of the corresponding page can be retrieved and displayed.

In FIG. 21 shows an example layout in accordance with a brick wall layout diagram 600 shown in a GUI that has a predetermined visible area 2100. The layout may include pages 2102-2110. In the example shown, layout pages are wiring diagrams that can be connected by a spatial sequence. In this sense, page 2102 may depict wire (s) which is connected to wire (s) depicted on page 2104. Page 2104 may, in turn, depict wire (s) which is connected to wire (s) shown on page 2106, and so on: wire (s) on page 2106 with wire (s) on page 2108 and wire (s) on page 2108 with wire (s) on page 2110.

Layout pages located entirely within the visible area 2100 of the GUI may form or otherwise define the area under consideration 2112. In one example, pages within the area under consideration may be presented with increased resolution for any pages outside the area under consideration. As shown, the area under consideration may include pages 2102-2108, but because only part of the page 2110 is inside the visible area of the GUI, page 2110 can be viewed outside the area under consideration (nevertheless, it can also be viewed inside the visible area). In this case, page 2110 may be presented with a lower resolution than pages 2102-2108.

In FIG. 22 shows an example layout in accordance with a layout overlap diagram 1300 shown in a GUI that has a predefined visible area 2200. As shown, the layout includes pages 2202, 2204, and page 2202 may include a link to page 2204. As shown, this is a hierarchical relationship may be supported by a layout in which page 2204 (of a higher hierarchy) may partially overlap page 2202, and in one example, page 2204 may overlap page 2202 at the location of its link to the corresponding favoring page. As also shown, page 2204 may be presented in a smaller size than page 2202, and therefore, may be presented with a lower resolution than page 2202.

In FIG. 23-28 show printed pages that can be created for pages of different layout schemes, in accordance with illustrative embodiments. In FIG. 23 shows an example layout of 2300 pages in accordance with the hierarchical layout scheme 700 of the page. As shown, four pages can be selected for printing and they can be displayed through a suitable visual effect, such as an opaque or translucent border of visible color (for example, yellow) around the pages. In FIG. 23, pages 2302 prepared for printing and corresponding printouts can be created for selected pages according to the type of print arrangement, thereby pages can be printed separately and in their respective environment.

Illustrative embodiments of the present invention, again, may provide the ability to decompose the entire section / segment from a larger collection onto a virtual desktop to be printed. In FIG. 24 shows another layout 2400 pages in accordance with a hierarchical layout scheme 700, where only a section of pages in the hierarchy is selected for delivery of pages 2402 prepared for printing. FIG. 25 shows a layout of 2,500 pages in accordance with a centrifugal layout 900, where only a section of pages in a hierarchy is selected to produce pages 2502 prepared for printing.

As also discussed above, printing a variety of pages in different layouts can be used to expose the organizational structure of page relationships, which can be especially useful where layout cannot make it intuitively obvious. In FIG. 26 shows the arrangement 2500 of FIG. 25 in which the same previous pages can be selected for printing, but in which pre-printed pages 2600 can be created to include metadata or other textual information 2602, for example, to show that the selected pages are organized as part of a separate chapter in a larger document .

In FIG. 27 and 28, a 2700 page layout is shown in accordance with a brick wall layout 600 and it is indicated that successively selected pages can expose the organizational relationships of the images throughout the collection. In FIG. 27 shows that pre-printed pages 2702 can include metadata or other textual information 2704 showing the organization of the selected pages from left to right. In FIG. 28, on the other hand, it is shown that pre-printed pages 2702 may include metadata or other text information 2804 showing the organization of the selected pages in a top-down fashion.

In accordance with illustrative embodiments of the present invention, the panoptic imaging system 100 and its subsystems including a document collection system 102, a document composition system 104, and a document navigation system 106 may be implemented by various means. Similarly, examples from the document collection system 200, the document composition system 300, and the document navigation system 400, each including respective elements, could be implemented by various means in accordance with illustrative embodiments. The means for implementing systems, subsystems, and their corresponding elements may include hardware that operates autonomously or under the control of one or more computer program code instructions, program instructions, or executable instructions of computer-readable program code from a computer-readable storage medium.

In one example, one or more devices may be provided to perform a function or other method for implementing the systems, subsystems, and related elements shown and described herein. In examples involving more than one device, the respective devices can be connected to each other in different ways, such as directly or indirectly via a wired or wireless network or similar methods.

In general, an apparatus of illustrative embodiments of the present invention may comprise, include, or be implemented in one or more stationary or portable electronic devices. Examples of suitable electronic devices include a smartphone, a computer tablet, a laptop computer, a desktop computer, a workstation, a server computer, or the like. A device may include one or more components, such as, for example, a processor (e.g., a processor unit) connected to a memory (e.g., a storage device).

A processor is generally any piece of hardware that is capable of processing information, such as, for example, data, machine-readable program code, instructions, or the like (in general, “computer programs”, for example, software, firmware, etc. .d.), and / or other suitable electronic information. In particular, for example, a processor may be configured to execute computer programs that may be stored in a processor or otherwise stored in memory (of the same or another device). A processor may be multiple processors, a multi-core processor, or some other type of processor, depending on the particular implementation. In addition, the processor can be implemented through several heterogeneous processor systems in which the main processor is present along with one or more additional processors on the same chip. As another illustrative example, the processor may be a symmetric multiprocessor system containing multiple processors of the same type. In another example, the processor can be implemented in the form of one or more specialized integrated circuits (SIS), programmable by the user, gate arrays (PPVM) or similar. Thus, although a processor may execute a computer program to perform one or more functions, in various examples, a processor may perform one or more functions without the aid of a computer program.

A memory is generally any piece of hardware that is capable of storing information such as, for example, data, computer programs and / or other suitable information on a temporary and / or permanent basis. The memory may be volatile and / or non-volatile and may be built-in or removable. Examples of suitable memory include random access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), hard disk drive, flash memory, flash drive, removable computer diskette, optical disk, magnetic tape, or some combination thereof. Optical discs can be ROM on a compact disc (CD-ROM), rewritable compact disc (CD-R / W), DVD, or the like. In some cases, memory can be called a computer-readable storage medium, which, while not a short-term device capable of storing information, may differ from a computer-readable transmission medium, such as electronic short-term signals, capable of transferring information from one location to another. Computer-readable media, as described herein, can generally be referred to as computer-readable storage media or computer-readable transmission media.

In addition to memory, the processor can also be connected to one or more interfaces for displaying, transmitting and / or receiving information. Interfaces can be a communication interface (for example, a data transmission device) and / or one or more user interfaces. The communication interface may be configured to transmit information, for example, to another device (s), a network (s) or similar device and / or receive information from them. The communication interface may be configured to transmit and / or receive information through a physical (wired) and / or wireless communication line. Examples of suitable communication interfaces include a network controller, a wireless network controller, or the like.

User interfaces may include a display and / or one or more user input interfaces (e.g., an input / output device). The display may be configured to present or otherwise show information to the user, suitable examples of which include a liquid crystal display (LCD), LED display (LED), plasma panel (PDP), or the like. The user input interface may be wired or wireless and may be configured to receive information from a user and transmit to a device, such as a device for processing, storing and / or presenting data. Suitable examples of the user input interface include a microphone, a photo and video capture device, a keyboard or a dedicated keyboard, joystick, touch surface (separate or integrated in the touch screen), a biometric sensor, or the like. User interfaces may further include one or more interfaces for communicating with peripheral devices, such as printers, scanners, or the like.

As indicated above, the program code instructions can be stored in memory and executed by the processor to implement the functions of the systems, subsystems, and their corresponding elements described in this document. It is clear that any suitable program code instructions can be downloaded to a computer or other programmable device from a computer-readable storage medium to obtain specific equipment, as a result of which this specific equipment becomes a means of implementing the functions specified in this document. These program code instructions can also be stored on a computer-readable storage medium that can orient a computer, processor, or other programmable device to a specific job, thereby creating specific equipment or a specific product. Instructions stored on a computer-readable storage medium may produce an industrial product that becomes a means of implementing the functions described herein. Program code instructions may be extracted from a computer-readable storage medium to a computer, processor, or other programmable device to configure a computer, processor, or other programmable device to perform operations that must be performed by a computer, processor, or other programmable device.

The extraction, loading and execution of program code instructions can be carried out sequentially so that one instruction is extracted, loaded and executed at once. In some illustrative embodiments, the extraction, loading and / or execution can be performed in parallel so that several instructions are extracted, loaded and / or executed together. Execution of program code instructions may give rise to a processing method embodied in a computer, as a result of which instructions executed by a computer, processor, or other programmable device provide operations for implementing the functions described herein.

Execution of instructions by a processor or storage of instructions in a computer-readable storage medium supports a combination of operations for performing these functions. It should also be understood that one or more functions and their combinations can be implemented through specialized systems and / or processors based on a hardware computer that perform these functions, or through a combination of specialized hardware instructions and software code.

As discussed above, illustrative embodiments of the present invention allow the collection, layout and / or navigation of a large number of pages (or documents). Illustrative embodiments may provide the user with the ability to simultaneously and quickly view and visually search for a large number of pages, while using less bandwidth than when retrieving all pages. In cases where the user can generally have a concept of the appearance of the page (s) of interest or have a concept of the logical relationship between the corresponding page (s) and other pages, the page layout can be created and / or moved to allow the user to arrange in a specific place and use the page (s) of interest. The user can observe and move the pages as if they were located in the material world without the need for a physical space containing large collections of pages.

The specialist to whom the invention proposed in this document is related, there will be many modifications and other embodiments of this invention, having the advantages of the basic provisions presented in the above description and drawings. Thus, it should be understood that the invention should not be limited to the disclosed specific illustrative embodiments proposed herein, but rather, it is intended that modifications and other embodiments be included within the scope of the appended claims. In addition, although the above description and the accompanying drawings describe illustrative embodiments in relation to certain illustrative combinations of elements and / or functions, it should be appreciated that different combinations of elements and / or functions may be offered by alternative embodiments within the scope of the attached claims. In this sense, for example, it is also contemplated that various combinations of features and / or functions other than those explicitly described above may be presented in certain claims. Although specific terms are used in this document, they are used only in a general and descriptive sense, and not for the purpose of limitation.

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A device for implementing a system (100) for supporting a panoptically visualized document, comprising a processor and a storage device storing executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the device to implement at least: a requesting interface (406), configured to receive a request to provide one or more prints of one or more document components selected from a layout of document components presented on a graphical user interface, wherein the components of the layout document are part of a collection (102) of panoptically visualized documents having many document components, each of which includes the corresponding media content and has associated metadata (306), providing ie information about the component document the layout includes panoptic ordering of images of the document components from this layout in accordance with the associated metadata (306) of the corresponding components (300) of the document, the images of the components of the layout document including their media content; and a support engine (308) connected to the requesting interface (406) and configured to extract and prepare for printing the selected one or more document components in accordance with at least the selected layout printing type (300), moreover, the preparation includes the creation of one or more printable components of the document for the corresponding prints from one or more prints, wherein the support engine (308) is configured to transmit said one or more printable components of a document, moreover, the selected document component from the selected one or more document components is in the layout (300) with a size smaller than its original size, and a support engine (308), configured to retrieve one or more selected components of a document, includes configuring it to retrieve the corresponding selected component of the document in its original size. 2. The device according to claim 1, in which the selected layout printing type (300) includes printing selected one or more document components separately or together and in their respective completeness or in the segment in which they are visible in the visible layout segment. 3. The device according to claim 1, in which the support engine (308) is configured to print selected one or more document components in accordance with one or more printing parameters, including inserting metadata (306) or other text information on at least one of the one or more printable components document. 4. The device according to claim 1, in which the selected layout printing type (300) includes printing the selected one or more document components separately and in their entirety, wherein the support engine (308) is configured to create one or more printable document components for the respective components from said selected one or more document components. 5. The device according to claim 4, in which a support engine (308), configured to prepare selected one or more document components, includes configuring it to insert metadata (306) or other text information on at least one of one or more printable components of the document, each of these one or more printable components of the document is created as a markup document, in which metadata (306) or other textual information is marked in its source. 6. A method of preparing a document for printing, including: receiving a request for one or more printouts of one or more document components selected from the layout of the document components presented on a graphical user interface, the components of the layout document being part of a collection (102) of panoptically visualized documents having a plurality of document components, each of which includes itself is relevant media content and has associated metadata providing information about the document component, and the layout includes panoptic ordering of images of the components of the document from this layout in accordance with the associated metadata (306) of the respective components of the document, and the images of the components of the layout document include their media content; extracting and preparing for printing selected one or more document components in accordance with at least the selected layout printing type (300), however, the preparation includes the creation of one or more printable components of the document for the corresponding printouts from one or more printouts; and transferring said one or more printable components of a document, moreover, the selected document component from the selected one or more document components is in the layout (300) with a size smaller than its original size, and retrieving the selected one or more document components includes retrieving the corresponding selected document component in its original size. 7. The method according to p. 6, in which the selected layout printing type (300) includes printing selected one or more document components separately or together and in their respective completeness or in the segment in which they are visible in the visible layout segment. 8. The method according to p. 6, in which the selected one or more document components are further prepared for printing in accordance with one or more printing parameters, including inserting metadata (306) or other text information on at least one of the one or more printable components of the document. 9. The method according to p. 6, in which the selected type (300) print layout includes printing selected one or more components of the document separately and in their entirety, wherein one or more printable components of the document are created for the respective components from the specified one or more selected components of the document. 10. The method according to claim 9, in which the preparation of the selected one or more document components includes inserting metadata (306) or other textual information on at least one of the one or more printable components of the document, each of these one or more printable components of the document is created as a marked-up document in which metadata (306) or other text information is marked in its source. 11. A short-term machine-readable storage medium having machine-readable segments of program code stored in it, which, when executed by a processor, causes the device to implement at least: receiving a request for one or more printouts of one or more document components selected from a layout of document components presented on a graphical user interface, the components of the layout document being part of a collection (102) of panoptically visualized documents having a plurality of document components, each of which includes the relevant media content and has associated metadata providing information about the component of the document, and the layout includes panoptic ordering of images of the components of the document in this layout in accordance with the associated metadata of the respective components of the document, the images of the components of the layout document include their media content; extracting and preparing for printing the selected one or more document components in accordance with at least the selected type of layout printing, however, the preparation includes the creation of one or more printable components of the document for the corresponding printouts from one or more printouts; and transferring said one or more printable components of a document, moreover, the selected document component from the selected one or more document components is in the layout (300) with a size smaller than its original size, and conditioning a device to implement extraction of a selected one or more document components includes conditioning to implement extraction of a corresponding selected component of a document in its original size. 12. The machine-readable storage medium according to claim 11, in which the selected type of layout printing includes printing selected one or more document components separately or together and in its entirety or in a segment in which they are visible in the visible layout segment. 13. Machine-readable storage medium according to claim 11, in which there is provided preparation for printing by the indicated device of the selected one or more document components in accordance with one or more printing parameters, including inserting metadata or other text information on at least one of the one or more printable components of the document. 14. Machine-readable storage medium according to claim 11, in which the selected type of layout printing includes the printing of the selected one or more document components separately and in their entirety, wherein the device is conditioned to implement the creation of one or more printable components of the document for the respective components from the specified one or more selected components of the document. 15. The machine-readable storage medium according to claim 11, in which the condition of the device to implement the preparation of the selected one or more document components includes the condition to implement the insertion of metadata or other text information on at least one of one or more printable components of the document, wherein each of the indicated one or more document components prepared for printing is created as a marked-up document in which metadata (306) or other textual information is marked in its source.

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